SOOO Big

Gretta is getting so big so fast. She has developed an opinion. Well, I guess she has always had an opinion but never been able to communicate so well. Yesterday she voiced her new found opinion about the outfit she was going to wear down to her shoes and a headband. I was like what!!
I was on the phone today with someone and they asked “how is the baby doing?” I thought to myself baby, what baby?? We have a full blown toddler on our hands here. A baby doesn’t insist that she wear purple pants, or ask repeatedly to watch Buzz (Buzz Lightyear that is) in the movie Toy Story. And to top it all she has her own potty chair now and likes to “use it”. However, she has only actually gone potty on it twice, which is fabulous! I am not really pushing the issue but if she is interested in it I am all for it.
But she seems so little to me still. Or I guess I should probably say I still think of her as being a baby. Our friend Noah who is 9 months old now (I think, if I did the math right) is now crawling. Crawling!! I was blown away when I heard this I kept thinking Gretta was just crawling not that long ago. But then realized yeah, but she has been walking for 6 months now. It all happens entirely too fast. And I know everyone says that, and it is sooo true. It is ridiculous. I am also aware that I have had these ramblings before about her growing up so fast, but whatever!!
Okay, so I am working on some pictures and words about the reason Gretta has even taken an interest in the potty, Aubrey. She is our good friend and we watch a couple days during the week. And we LOVE her! Gretta talks about her EVERYDAY! And she is about 2 ½ almost 3 and she is working on potty training. So, I will be posting something soon about their adorable little friendship. Well that is all I have to chat about today. I have left quite a gap since my last post, but I am hoping to get back on track with a regular update. Have a good one!!

Three Little Words

Wednesday night Gretta said three little words that I have been waiting to hear. "I love you" It is so sweet!! She has been repeating almost everything we say lately. Her list of words is climbing fast at her 15 month check-up we were already at 30 +/- . And she has really taken off since then. Some other additions to her vocabulary are Elmo, Grandma "Mama"(just said it this evening!), Aubrey (our friend), basketball, cold, cool, where are you?, and Me (one we use often). So, just wanted to share the good news. I loved hearing "Mommy", but "I love you" tops the charts.

Working in the Kitchen

We are another step closer to completing our kitchen project. The guys worked really hard this weekend putting in our kitchen sink and counter tops. They look beautiful. Through the process of taking pictures of the kitchen being completed we also got some pretty cute pictures of Gretta helping in her own little way. These are a few of my favorites!

Christmas Pictures

I tried to take pictures of Gretta tonight in her Christmas dress for our Christmas cards. And it was not an easy task. She is all over the place. She would not stand still. I could hardly catch a smile. Finally I got some pictures that I thought I could put on our card so we called it a night. As I was loading them on the computer I thought it looked pretty cool running through all of the shots fast. So, you have my creation above! Enjoy!! Do you know what picture I will choose???

Christmas at the Indy Zoo

We got to have some fun this past weekend with an invitation from the Farnys. We went to the Indy Zoo to see the christmas lights. It was a little cold, but that just gave me an excuse to get some Hot Chocolate. Gretta seemed to enjoyed herself as well as Noah. It was Noah's first visit to the zoo so it was nice to be included in one his first adventures! :) We got some good photos which I have included.Hope everyone is doing well and getting to enjoy some of the Christmas festivities around you. We are having a pretty busy week this week. We had Aubrey over on Monday. We went to Indy on Tuesday. Wednesday we are going to Braxton & Mackenzie's Christmas Program as well as Christmas Shopping with our small group at church. Then Friday we have a Christmas gathering with friends. So, it will be a busy week, but lots of fun!

15 Month Check-up

Tuesday, December 1st Gretta had her 15 month check up and all is well. Finally, she weighs 20 lbs. so we can get the toddler car seat and she will be able face forward now. Yeah!! And she is 29 ½ inches tall. She seems to be ahead in her verbal skills she has over 30 words that she can say and at this age the Dr. likes to hear that they can say 5-6 words. She is even starting to put a couple words together like where going and what doing. So, I have a feeling at our home we won’t have much quite time anymore. When it is just Gretta and I or all three of us, she pretty much jabbers nonstop and you’ll hear some words that you know but a lot that you don’t. I find it interesting now though that I can ask her what did you say? And she can repeat it. Even the jabber is the same. So, it must mean something I just don’t know what it is. She is so much fun.

So, Gretta’s hair is growing and the other day I got pulled up in her first ponytail. It was so cute and I wanted to share the photo.

Thanksgiving

So, we had a great Thanksgiving. We went to my Mom & Dad’s and my sister Carrie and her family was there and we had a lot of fun. Gretta watched the Macy’s Parade and she really got excited about some of the balloons. Cally and her family were not with us this year they were actually at the Macy’s Parade which is awesome and I hope that we get to go one year.
Sunday we had Thanksgiving with the Welchs at Elijah’s Aunt Sherry’s. It was fun too. There are a lot kiddos running around which made it very entertaining. Gretta and I played with one of the cousins who has one of the best imaginations that I have seen. A lot of the family had not seen Gretta recently so it was nice that they got to play with her and be around her on Sunday. It was a really nice Thanksgiving. Lots to be thankful for.

And I can hardly wait for Christmas. We have gotten most of our Christmas shopping done. Our tree is up and decorations are almost complete. I will begin wrapping our presents very soon. I cannot wait to wake up with Gretta Christmas morning. I love the holidays!!